Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-02-02

without interest or invest the same in any class OF
Unlted states or District OF Columbia bonds at the
the sum retained on any contract shall reach the
sum OF 800 or more. Any sum less than 500 shall
be retained without interest, as above.
PENSION FOR MRS. o'DAY
In the House q bill has been introduced to grant
Mrs Mary o'Day, Of this city, mother of James
O'Day, who was teamster In the quartermaster's
department and died in service during the wal, q
pension OF twelve dollars per month.
Capitol Topics.
THE NOMINATION OF PUBLIC PRINTER BENEDICT.
The Senate committee on printing have been
deferring action upon the nomination OF MI Bene-
dict for public printer until after the opening OF
bids for paper and the awarding OF contracts, in
order that there might be no Interruption OF the
business at the government printing ONCE. As
soon as the contracts shall have been awarded the
case WILL De taken up for consideration.
CHAIRMAN BELMONT
OF the House committee Of foreign affairs, is ex-
pected to return to this city tomorrow In season
to attend the meeting OF the committee called to
consider the fisheries retaliatory bills. The dip
lomatc appropriation bill will not be called up In
the House until next week.
THE ARTHUR KILL BRIDGE
In the Senate to-day MI. Miller presented a me-
mortal from business men OF New York who own
and operate vessels plying the Arthur XIII, pro-
testing against the amended bill for the cOnstruc-
ton OF bridge across the Arthur Kill and favor
m1ttee.
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS.
The House committee on agriculture to-day de-
ctded to report favorably, without amendment,
the Senate bill to establish agricultural expert
ment stations in the several states.
BIDS FOR PAPER.
The joint committe on printing to-day opened
bids at the Capitol for supplying the government
printing Office with paper Public Printer Bene-
dict, the chief clerk and number OF the bidders
were were present. The call was for 55, 800 realms of
book printing paper Of class and 23 700 reamS
of class b. 29,2O0 reamS OF writing paper uub-
sized), 800 reams of cover paper 100 600 pounds
reams of MANILA paper 500 reams Of tissue paper,
$4,000 pounds OF glazed bond paper, 5000 pounds
OF artificial parchment and 1,270, 600 sheets OF
Co, WoOlwOrth Graham, ConrOw Bros, and
Charles w. Barnes, of New York; Bulkley, Fraig-
Hs Wo,T Co. Rnl n N MMegargeea Co., T. NJ simpson
w. c. Hamilton Sons VIM. NJ Singerley and A.
9: Elliott Co., OF Philadelphia; the Springfield
Glazed Paper company Of Springfield, Mass, the
Rhode Island Card Board company OF Providence,
the Mount Holly Paper company OF Pennsylvania,
the W1nona Paper company OF H0lyoke, Mass,
and DoDler Nudge Of Baltimore. The joint CON-
mittee will examine the bids and award the con-
tracts.
THE BILL TO PENSION WALT WHITMAN.
In reporting favorably the bill to pension Walt
Whitman at the rate of $25 per month the House
COulLnlICce Oh luValQ PENSIONS says the poet Qe0l-
Gated himself during the war to the unceaSing
care, as volunteer nurse, of our sick and
wounded soldiers and his almost devotional min
1StratiOnS were well known to the citizens Of
washington and OF the nation.
NO HAWAIIAN TREATY RATIFIED.
The President, In response to the resolution OF
the House asking for copy of the Hawaiian
treaty "agreed TO and ratified by the President
and the Senate" states that there has been no
treaty agreed 10 and ratified, but he sends the
report OF the Secretary OF State upon the docu-
mentS evidently referred to. 1t IS thought that
the explanation OF this is that the Senate made
some amendment to the treaty which requires the
approval OF the President.
THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
OF the House and Senate on the House bill to re-
peal the pre-emptiOn and timber culture acts met
yesterday, but failed TO come to an agreement as
stated in THE STAR last evening. Mr.. PaysOn, the
strong advocate Of the bill on the part OF the
House, said after the meeting that he had no
hopes OF an agreement being reached at all. The
disagreement OF the two houses on the PaysOn
bill was discussed also, and 1t is probable that an
agreement in the nature OF a compromise which
will prevent aliens from acquiring land in the
United States in the future, will be settled upon.
Hon. ,Aurat Halstead, editer OF the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette, occupied a seat In the press
gallery of the senate to-day.
A petition was presented in the Senate to-day
from Edmund j. Hickey, asking Congress to pur-
chase the copyright and plate OF "Hickey's Con-
StitutiOn.n